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Finally had a chance to check out the freshly renovated Noodle Express, er…I mean newly constructed Benkei Ramen on Thurlow today along with Ed and a few coworkers. The lineup was already out the door when we arrived, but somehow within a few minutes we were able to get a table for 5 ahead of [ READ MORE ]
I look forward to lunch so much sometimes that I wonder if I go to work just for the lunch. I’m sure anyone who toil away in an office for over 1/3 of their waking hours can relate. But depressing statistics aside, the lunch breaks at work have been a pretty fun affair. We have [ READ MORE ]
A friend from work was leaving the country indefinitely, so me and another friend (a native of Turkey) decided to take him out for a meal, a last exploration into Vancouver’s vast ethnic food offerings. We ordered their mix plate of starters, which includes a large sampling portions of their cold dishes. (chickpeas, carrot, eggplant, [ READ MORE ]
I want to share some interesting bits from a book I’m currently reading. “How we decide“. A rather average book among the heaping pile of the pop psychology titles being published recently. The book details many psyc experiments to do with how the brain works. Some might sound familiar to those who’ve taken some PSYC-100 [ READ MORE ]
While visiting San Francisco’s chinatown, our friends/free tour guides insisted that we must try the best egg tarts in town. We did. They were, in fact, the best we’ve ever had. Custard is airy and fragrant, and shell is soft and flaky. Sorry, I couldn’t resist biting mine before I took the picture. Lineups are [ READ MORE ]
